Trimellitic acid functionalized magnetite nanoparticles for the efficient removal of Pb(II) and Cr(VI) from wastewater streams

Tehreema Nawaz; Mudassir Iqbal; Sonia Zulfiqar; Muhammad Ilyas Sarwar

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.36, No.6, 860-868, June, 2019

DOI10.1007/s11814-019-0265-3 Export Citation

Trimellitic acid functionalized magnetite nanoparticles for the efficient removal of Pb(II) and Cr(VI) from wastewater streams

Tehreema Nawaz, Mudassir Iqbal, Sonia Zulfiqar¹, and Muhammad Ilyas Sarwar^{2, †}

Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
¹Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences & Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
²Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan

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Silica-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles were prepared and functionalized with trimellitic anhydride generating novel amide and two acid moieties on the surface of the nanoparticles. These nanoparticles were found to be ferrimagnetic with average particle size 50-60 nm as characterized by XRD, SEM, EDS, VSM and FTIR analyses. The functionalized nanoparticles were exploited as adsorbent for the removal of Pb(II) cations and Cr(VI) anions from their aqueous solutions and uptake of metal ions was monitored by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). These nanoparticles were found to be more effective for the removal of Pb(II) cations due to the negatively charged surface groups relative to Cr(VI) anions. The adsorption data fitted well with Langmuir as well as Freundlich adsorption isotherms, showing a complex nature of adsorption phenomena, comprising electrostatic as well as chemical attraction between surface groups and metal ions. The metal bearing nanoparticles were easily separated from the solution by simply applying external magnetic field.

Keywords:Fe3O4 Nanoparticles;Functionalization of Fe3O4;Ferrimagnetic Nano-sorbents;Adsorption of Pb(II) & Cr(IV);Easy Isolation by EMF

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